BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.11//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:273@razomforukraine.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20261015 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20261115 DTSTAMP:20261024T142605Z URL:https://www.razomforukraine.org/events/poetry-from-the-frontlines-yary na-chornohuz-u-s-tour/ SUMMARY:Poetry from the Frontlines: Yaryna Chornohuz U.S. Tour DESCRIPTION:\n\nRazom Literature is pleased to announce the U.S. tour of au thor and senior corporal in the Armed Forces of Ukraine\, Yaryna Chornohuz \, organized and supported by Razom for Ukraine.\n\nYaryna Chornohuz is a winner of the Shevchenko Prize for poetry (2024)\, Ukraine’s highest sta te award for culture\, literature\, and the arts\, as well as the author o f three collections of poetry. Since 2019\, Chornohuz has served as a sold ier and medic in the Ukrainian military\, and she was awarded a Medal for Lifesaving in 2022. She has been included in Focus magazine’s list of 10 0 most influential women in Ukraine and has appeared in New Yorker and New York Times profiles for her poetry\, activism\, and military service. Bef ore joining the Armed Forces\, Chornohuz studied philology at the Kyiv-Moh yla Academy.\n\nChornohuz’s U.S. tour will bring her to Boston (October 15-16\, 2026)\, Penn State (October 22-23\, 2026)\, Washington D.C. (Octob er 27\, 2026)\, New York City (October 28 and November 1\, 2026)\, Yale Un iversity (October 30\, 2026)\, San Diego (November 3-4\, 2026)\, Portland\ , Oregon (November 7\, 2026)\, the University of Kansas (November 9\, 2026 )\, and Chicago (November 12-15\, 2026). She will draw on her experience t o discuss how poetry bears witness to a nation at war. For more detailed i nformation\, please see below.\n\n \;\n\n📍 Washington D.C.\n\n Boo k Club: Yaryna Chornohuz. Poetry Reading and Book Signing\nWhen: October 2 7\, 2026\; 6:00pm\nWhere: Ukraine House [2134 Kalorama Rd NW]\n\n📍 New York City\n\n Poet as Witness: Ukrainian Poets in Defense of Their Countr yat Ukrainian Cultural Festival\nWhen: October 28\, 2026\; 7:00pm-9:00pm\n Where: Poets House [10 River Terrace]\n Ukrainian Poetry Outburst\nWhen: November 1\, 2026\; 2:00pm-4:00pm\nWhere: Ukrainian National Home [140 2nd Avenue]\n Yale University\nWhen: October 30\, 2026\; 4:30pm\nWhere: Yale University Campus\n\n📍 San Diego\n\n Verses from the War: An Evening with Yaryna Chornohuz &\; Amelia Glaser\nWhen: November 3\, 2026\; 6:30 pm\nWhere: Verbatim Books [3793 30th St\, San Diego\, CA]\n New Writing S eries: Yaryna Chornohuz and Amelia Glaser\nWhen: November 4\, 2026\; 8:00p m-10:00pm\nWhere: UC San Diego Geisel Library\, Seuss Room [9701 Hopkins D rive\, La Jolla\, CA]\n\n📍 Portland\, Oregon\n\n Words at War: Ukraini an Poet Yaryna Chornohuz in Conversation \nWhen: November 7\, 2026\; 4:00p m-5:00pm\nWhere: World Oregon [1207 SW Broadway\, Suite 300 Portland\, OR] \n\n📍 Kansas\n\n What We Defend: Poetry and Conversation with Yaryna C hornohuz at the University of Kansas\nWhen: November 11\, 2026\; 5:00pm\nW here: University of Kansas\n\n📍 Chicago\n\n Ukrainian Poetry Reading @ ASEEES\nWhen: November 14\, 2026\; 8:15pm-9:45pm\nWhere: ASEEES\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.razomforukraine.org/wp-content/uploa ds/2026/10/Blog-header-1920×1000@1x.png CATEGORIES:Books END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR